The Scorpion Cytogenetic Database

Current version: 12 (March 27, 2024)

Marielle Cristina Schneider, Viviane Fagundes Mattos and Doralice Maria Cella
Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896

Cited as = species name adopted by the researcher that performed the cytogenetic analysis; 2n = diploid number of males and in parenthesis, diploid number of females; M = metacentric; SM = submetacentric; ST = subtelocentric; A = acrocentric; T = telocentric; ? = dubious description.

Valid name Cited as 2n Chromosomal morphology Collection site Bibliography
Alpiscorpius alpha (Di Caporiacco, 1950) Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) alpha 90 10M + 10SM + 2ST + 68T Italy Štundlová et al., 2019
Alpiscorpius beta (Di Caporiacco, 1950) Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) alpha 60 34M + 14SM + 2ST + 10T Italy Štundlová et al., 2019
Alpiscorpius delta Kovařík et al., 2019 Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) alpha 54 38M + 12SM + 2ST + 2T Italy Štundlová et al., 2019
Alpiscorpius gamma Kovařík et al., 2019 Alpiscorpius gama 78 ---- Slovenia Kovařík et al., 2019c
Alpiscorpius germanus (C. L. Koch, 1837) Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) germanus 46 36M+ 10SM Italy Štundlová et al., 2019
Alpiscorpius kappa Kovařík et al., 2019 Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) germanus 46 42M + 4SM Slovenia Štundlová et al., 2019
Alpiscorpius lambda Kovařík et al., 2019 Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) germanus 46 34M + 12SM Slovenia Štundlová et al., 2019
Alpiscorpius omega Kovařík et al., 2019 Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) gamma 88 20M + 2SM + 6ST + 60T Slovenia Štundlová et al., 2019
Alpiscorpius omega Kovařík et al., 2019 Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) gamma 87 21M + 2SM + 6ST + 58T Slovenia Štundlová et al., 2019
Alpiscorpius omega Kovařík et al., 2019 Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) gamma 89 19M + 2SM + 6ST + 62T Slovenia Štundlová et al., 2019
Alpiscorpius omikron Kovařík et al., 2019 Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) gamma 58 42M + 10SM + 2ST + 4T Slovenia Štundlová et al., 2019
Alpiscorpius sigma Kovařík et al., 2019 Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) gamma 60 48M + 12SM Italy and Slovenia Štundlová et al., 2019
Alpiscorpius ypsilon Kovařík et al., 2019 Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) gamma 86 28M + 2SM + 2ST + 54T Slovenia and Austria Štundlová et al., 2019
Alpiscorpius ypsilon Kovařík et al., 2019 Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) gamma 87 25M + 2SM + 4ST + 56T Slovenia and Austria Štundlová et al., 2019
Alpiscorpius ypsilon Kovařík et al., 2019 Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) gamma 90 20M + 6SM + 2ST + 62T Slovenia and Austria Štundlová et al., 2019
Alpiscorpius ypsilon Kovařík et al., 2019 Euscorpius (Alpiscorpius) gamma 92 20M + 2SM + 4ST + 66T Slovenia and Austria Štundlová et al., 2019
Euscorpius aladaglarensis Tropea, 2016 ---- 88 30M+34SM+20ST+4T Turkey Karataş et al., 2019
Euscorpius carpathicus (Linnaeus, 1767) ---- 70-84 ---- ---- Sokolow, 1913
E. carpathicus (Linnaeus, 1767) ---- 70-84 ---- ---- Makino, 1956
Euscorpius janstai Kovařík & Šťáhlavský, 2020 ---- 112 20M+8SM+6ST+78T North Macedonia Kovařík & Šťáhlavský, 2020
Euscorpius sadileki Kovařík & Šťáhlavský, 2020 ---- 90 16M+20SM+12ST+42T Serbia Kovařík & Šťáhlavský, 2020
Euscorpius thracicus Kovařík, Lowe, Byronová and Šťáhlavský, 2020 ---- 92 90T+2M Bulgaria Kovařík et al., 2020f
Megacornus granosus (Gervais, 1843) ---- 148 ST+A Mexico Teruel et al., 2023
Megacornus seductus Teruel, Kovarik, Lowe & Stahlavsky, 2023 ---- 109 ST+A Mexico Teruel et al., 2023
Megacornus segmentatus Pocock, 1900 ---- 144 ST+A Mexico Teruel et al., 2023